You cannot be serious! Win tickets to the Champions Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall

It’s billed as “the greatest players on the grandest stage”. It’s the end of year finale of the ATP Champions Tour at London’s Royal Albert Hall and John McEnroe will be appearing for the last time.

Win a pair of tickets to the Champions Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall

We have a pair of tickets for the evening session (5pm start) on Sunday 9th December to give away, courtesy of Local Tennis Leagues' tennis ball partner HEAD!

Anyone who purchases three cans of HEAD ATP tennis balls from our shop between now and Thursday 29th November 2018 will be automatically entered in to the draw (see full Terms and Conditions here).

As an extra bonus we are offering you a special 15% discount off the usual price, which means three cans of these top-of-the-range tennis balls will delivered to your door for just £14.88 instead of £17.49!

To save 15% use this code on checkout:

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Offer valid until 29th November 2018. (Coupon must be used at time of purchase and cannot be used retrospectively on purchases already made.)

And that's not all! HEAD are also offering 20% offallseats, excluding boxes, for Local Tennis League players. Simply enter the code 38546in the top right hand corner when selecting your seats to claim your discount. The link to book is here

If you have never seen John McEnroe play, the event at London’s Royal Albert Hall from 6 to 9 December could be your last chance. The legendary serve-and-volley leftie, who will be 60 in February, is making his farewell appearance at the ATP Champions Tour in the season ending finale. “I consider it to be our Wimbledon of the ATP Champions Tour,” he says. “Nothing compares to playing in the Royal Albert Hall in front of great crowds. This year will be my last year as a participant so I am working hard to bring my best tennis!”

Now in its 22nd year, the ATP Champions Tour is for the elite few. To be eligible you must have been a World No. 1, a Grand Slam singles finalist or a singles player in a victorious Davis Cup team. You should also have retired from the ATP circuit unless you are one of the two specially invited players to have wild cards, like the current US Open Doubles champ, Jamie Murray.

Held in the tiered splendour of the Royal Albert Hall – this is the only time it stages a sporting event – the event is semi-serious. The singles event is competitive and when McEnroe first appeared, he took on his greatest rival, Bjorn Borg, and was instrumental in making the event an important part of the tennis calendar. This year competing for the title will be Tommy Haas, Xavier Malise, Carlos Moya, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Goran Ivanisevic and Mark Philippoussis.

In the doubles, however, the players are less serious. They play exhibition matches with a little competition thrown in. Appearing with McEnroe in the doubles will be Tim Henman, Jamie Murray, Thomas Enqvist, Henri Leconte and the inimitable Mansour Bahrami whose joy in his ability to find entertaining ways to hit a tennis ball is impossible to resist.

HEAD is a sponsor and the official ball and racket supplier of the Champions Tennis tournament. The event is staged over four days between 6th and 9th December 2018. See here for more information, and don't miss the ticket offer, right.